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Re:Canada welcomes EU proposal to become 'associate member' by john_strinlai on Thursday September 17, 2026 @10:21AM (#49741203)
>Alberta selling oil to USA is, by itself, like 20% of Canada's entire GDP.

wow, no, it's not "like 20%" at all. not even close.

the entire oil and natural gas industry was 3.8% of canada's GDP in 2025.

how did you even come up with that number?

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Re:Canada welcomes EU proposal to become 'associate member' by ian_b13 on Thursday September 17, 2026 @01:32PM (#49743970)
The official stats Canada website has energy products at ~23.5% of total exports for July 2026

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2020013...

With crude oil and natural gas making up almost 90% of that number in 2025 https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=121001...

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Re:Canada welcomes EU proposal to become 'associate member' by john_strinlai on Thursday September 17, 2026 @02:11PM (#49744462)
"Canada's entire GDP" and "exports" are very different.
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